Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides ISBN: 0312422156 The book is available on Amazon "I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974." Is your interest piqued ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 0743297334 The book is available on Amazon The Sun Also Rises is **censored**. In summary, the ending was quite nice. Without giving away too much I'll just say the ending was very Casablanca-ish. [xrr rating=3.5/5]
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ISBN: 0061122416 The book is available on Amazon The Alchemist is a quaint tale about a peaceful shepherd named Santiago. He travels from his quiet existence in the hills of Spain to begin what will ultimately become the spiritual journey of his life. Unfortunately for the reader, Coelho ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
TimesMachine - New York Times - TimesMachine can take you back to any issue from Volume 1, Number 1 of The New-York Daily Times, on September 18, 1851, through The New York Times of December 30, 1922.SuperLame! Comic Word Balloon Engine - Simply add speech bubbles to photos you upload. ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
So I've begun to learn Ruby (for work), and I thought I might share a little bit of my progress so far. Progress might be an exaggeration considering how basic this application actually is, but at least I'm slowly but surely moving in the right direction anyway. So here's the 1st ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk ISBN: 038549872 The book is available on Amazon Survivor is definitely not for everyone. Palahniuk became famous with his novel-turned major motion picture Fight Club. This novel successfully carries the torch of sarcasm, pessimism, and dark humor. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed the first half of this novel. ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien ISBN: 0618260307 This book is available on Amazon The Hobbit is a prequel to the infamous The Lord of the Rings trilogy. This won't be your naive run-of-the-mill "this book rocks!!" type of reviews. To be quite honest, I found this novel to be rather bland and uninspired. ...
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